No "mod" migya that is reality that you choose to ignore and be insensitive about, I wasn't going to let your negligent usage of the word go ignored but obviously you are not a stand up individual who will accept responsibility for your behavior and lack of respect for others, I actually am surprised that you don't have a clue and continued with your ignorance instead of realizing how disrespectful your usage of the word actually is, especially with other board members other than me informing you of this, but sadly I guess it was just a waste of time Props to Dino for speaking up on what he felt was a disrespectful slur that Reginald said, and props to Reginald for being a man of character recognizing and apologizing for It

I will say that I know that many gays have adopted the F-word and appreciate anti-gay jokes as hilarous thus taking the power out of them. I am not saying that the same thing has happened to the N-word (or that it should) but it is a tactic used successfully in the past to steal someone's thunder. Another example is the skinhead look being adopted by non-nazi groups. I am sure there are black people that are socially conscious about using the N-word. Aaron McGruder and Dave Chapelle are examples and I don't think anyone would accuse them of not being aware of its undertones.

cladden wrote:I will say that I know that many gays have adopted the F-word and appreciate anti-gay jokes as hilarous thus taking the power out of them. I am not saying that the same thing has happened to the N-word (or that it should) but it is a tactic used successfully in the past to steal someone's thunder. Another example is the skinhead look being adopted by non-nazi groups. I am sure there are black people that are socially conscious about using the N-word. Aaron McGruder and Dave Chapelle are examples and I don't think anyone would accuse them of not being aware of its undertones.

Some people just get into the "it's so big it's like a dynasty" mentality and don't see through it.

The N word, as it is put, is not socially acceptable but neither is words like arsehole and shiithed, though looked on as more extreme